Why Spread Positions Matter

Role to the card

Positions are selected before pulling. Then the “resource” remains a resource in the case of an alarming card, and the “limitation” remains a limitation even in the case of a pleasant one. You can discuss why the image was unexpected, but you can’t secretly change its role to the opposite for the sake of a beautiful story. The preliminary scheme makes the reading more honest and suitable for subsequent verification.

Simple names are better.

The wording of “what I know,” “what I don’t see,” “what I can do” is clearer than a set of vague esoteric headlines. Positions should differ in function. If two places ask almost the same thing, the spread will create a repeat that is difficult to explain. Read the chart aloud before you work: Is it clear why this particular card is here?

Position doesn't take the context off

A card at the site of the “interference” does not mean that its usual value has become bad. It shows how a certain trend can interfere with this issue. For example, the desire to think through everything carefully can be a useful quality, but when choosing with a limited term turns into a delay. Look at a particular mechanism, rather than sticking a permanent plus or minus sign to the card.

An example of conversation

Scheme: “My goal”, “what may interfere”, “how to prepare”. The second card may remind you of the fear of rejection, and the third may remind you of the need to formulate a specific request. Reading does not show the other person’s thoughts as fact. It helps to prepare your own side of the conversation: purpose, tone, boundary of concessions and willingness to hear the answer.

Number of positions

Add a card only when the new position has a separate question. A large scheme with ten almost identical places gives the impression of depth, but makes it difficult to draw a clear conclusion. For one solution, three to five functions are often enough. The rest of the data can be collected in the usual way: by document, conversation, calendar, calculation of expenses.

Check the scheme after reading

At the end, ask if each position answered its task. If the “next step” card has become an occasion to retell the past in detail, you may have gone beyond the box. Go back to the wording and write a short summary for it. This analysis helps to improve your own schemes, rather than endlessly changing the deck.

Recording for the future

Save along with the cards the names of positions and the original question. Without them, after a month, it is impossible to reconstruct why a particular image was read this way. Add the date and one action selected after the spread. Later, you can see which positions really helped to think, and which only adorned the scheme.

Application of the question

Take the topic “Positions of the spread: why they are needed” and write it down in relation to your own situation without a ready conclusion. First, check: each position asks a separate, understandable question. Then note separately: the diagram is fixed before the cards appear. Try to explain the result to a person who has not seen the cards: what observations relate to the image, which to known circumstances, and which remain your hypothesis? If the story is based only on assumption, go back to the original formulation and narrow down the conclusion. This makes an article a working tool, rather than a collection of beautiful words that are hard to verify.

Re-check in time

Save the date and a short summary on the topic “Positions of the spread: why they are needed”. After a few days, re-read the record and compare it to what has become known without the cards. Pay special attention to the item: the question, diagram and date are saved in the record. New facts can change the initial understanding, and this is not a mistake of practice. It is important to distinguish which thought helped to act more clearly, and which was the result of anxiety or expectation. Do not retroactively adjust the old text to what happened; it is better to honestly write a new observation next to it.

Try it yourself

• Each position asks a separate, understandable question.
• The chart is fixed before the cards appear.
• The unexpected card does not change the name of its position.
• The result corresponds to the roles of positions, not free storytelling.
• The record saves the question, diagram and date.